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Locofoco
Locofoco Lo`co*fo"co, n. [Of uncertain etymol.; perh. for L.
loco foci instead of fire; or, according to Bartlett, it was
called so from a self-lighting cigar, with a match
composition at the end, invented in 1834 by John Marck of New
York, and called by him locofoco cigar, in imitation of the
word locomotive, which by the uneducated was supposed to
mean, self-moving.]
1. A friction match. [U.S.]
2. A nickname formerly given to a member of the Democratic
party. [U.S.]
Note: The name was first applied, in 1834, to a portion of
the Democratic party, because, at a meeting in Tammany
Hall, New York, in which there was great diversity of
sentiment, the chairman left his seat, and the lights
were extinguished, for the purpose of dissolving the
meeting; when those who were opposed to an adjournment
produced locofoco matches, rekindled the lights,
continued the meeting, and accomplished their object.
Meaning of Locofocos from wikipedia
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turning off the gaslights. The
Locofocos were
involved in the
Flour Riot of 1837. In
February 1837, the
Locofocos held a m****
meeting in City Hall Park...
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belonged to the
small Equal Rights Party (known more po****rly as the
Locofocos). The
small party emerged in 1836 in New York with a
platform emphasizing...
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spokesman amongst laissez-faire
advocates was
William Leggett of the
Locofocos in New York City.
Jackson "placed most of the
American economy off limits...
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obtained a
patent for "manufacturing of
friction matches" and
called them
locofocos crazies. The
danger problem was not
resolved until the
invention of amorphous...
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violent civil disturbance grew out of a
public meeting called by the
Locofocos to
protest runaway prices, as
hungry workers plundered private storerooms...
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Lodges drew on the
American members of the
radical Equal Rights Party (or "
Locofocos"). This
organization launched the "Patriot War",
which was suppressed...
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including Wood, and a
breakaway faction of
radicals known as
Locofocos. When the
Locofocos formed an
independent Equal Rights Party, Wood
remained in the...
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limited liability and
eminent domain for
building railroads. The
radical "
locofoco" wing of his
party represented farmers and
other rural voters, who sought...
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territory to
statehood status, the
Florida Democratic Party emerged from the
Locofocos. John
Milton led the party, and
became governor of the state,
during the...
- City elections. The
party was the progenitor, to some extent, of the
Locofocos.
Working Men's
Party (Philadelphia) Byrdsall,
Fitzwilliam (1842). The...
